It's not quality that counts; it's skin color. https://www.foxnews.com/us/critics-...on-state-lawmakers-restore-affirmative-action From the article: "State Representative Cindy Ryu, a Democrat and Korean-American, admits some bright Chinese applicants won’t get in to UW if the law goes into effect next year." Talk about a stab in the back. Wonder if she's taking sleeping aids.
[QUOTE="Spooky, post: 1070657824, member: 64204"]Why would they do this when the majority of the voters, even minorities, are against it?[/QUOTE] Because It Is The PC Thing To do. duh uh
This is simply not true. Where did you get that info? Minorities who constantly get, cheated, most definitely are not against a law which favors those who've been cheated by us greedy evil Caucasoids who never admit that we cheat. Educational success and great preparation for advanced exams, does exactly correlate to parents' income. Poverty prevents so many dreams from coming true. Yes and poverty has always prevented, geniuses, from having access to the mainstream-society that can benefit from their brilliance. IMHO 'tis not a University's job to recruit only those students who are the most, book smart, but students who are the most creative and innovative and then books smart.
Unfortunately the affirmative action doesn't work. Students admitted without book smarts fail to thrive at the elite universities.
1) do you have any idea what the selective schools program is? apparently not. it is SPECIFICALLY to give capable and hard working kids from difficult economic circumstances the opportunity to access accelerated learning. and apparently 40% of the kids in your own system are from poor families. IOW, you're talking nonsense. the only thing between a poor kid and academic success is the dedication and focus of their parents. that costs nothing, and is available to ALL parents. 2) yes, that's exactly what a university's job is. to enrol on MERIT, not some arbitrary accident of birth .. which is pure discrimination.
Not only that, but all such entries are a function of discrimination. For every kid who's given access purely because their skin is the right tone, a kid who worked his/her behind off to get there (sometimes against great odds) misses out.
Universities should recruit the best candidates they can without respect to race or any other consideration. No it shouldn't even be that. Universities should recruit the students they want, using whatever criteria they want. Umm private universities that is.
Fortunately, you are incorrect here. Therefore it is great that Affirmative Action has never, once, sought to advance people who are underqualified. Affirmative Action is solely for equally- and higher-qualified minorities who usually get shut out by our powerful White racism. Affirmative Action was created because of us lyingASS, cheatingASS racist White people, refusing to give opportunities to brilliant Blacks.
Do you have any idea of why Education Affirmative Action is needed? "apparently not". Those dumbASS wealthy White celebs who were just caught up in university schemes, is proof, that universities do not only advance us White people who scored highest on the SAT. lol. Happen to notice that there weren't many Black celebs, in that bunch?? Guess why? And that is why Academic Affirmative Action is necessary. You cannot deny that our racist nation is set up to ensure that minorities are the most, insolvent citizens, and that should not allow a university to miss out on those brilliant minorities' brilliance and innovative thinking.
Boohoo. The Asians have jumped on the victimhood bandwagon. The Chinese students would just take what they learn at OUR universities back to china and use it against us.
More lies: Did you see the liar LBJ there? How dare him speak such, lies, especially since it can't possibly still be going on today even if he was correct.
And what have these innovative "geniuses" created? Anything to really help humanity evolve? The majority of these geniuses can't take STEM classes because they can't do the work. Get a grip on reality and the truth.
Do you have any idea of why Education Affirmative Action is needed? "apparently not". Those dumbASS wealthy White celebs who were just caught up in university schemes, is proof, that universities do not only advance us White people who scored highest on the SAT. lol. Happen to notice that there weren't many Black celebs, in that bunch?? Guess why? And that is why Academic Affirmative Action is necessary. You cannot deny that our racist nation is set up to ensure that minorities are the most, insolvent citizens, and that should not allow a university to miss out on those brilliant minorities' brilliance and innovative thinking.
Do you have any idea of why Education Affirmative Action is needed? "apparently not". Those dumbASS wealthy White celebs who were just caught up in university schemes, are proof, that universities do not only advance us White people who scored highest on the SAT. lol. Happen to notice that there weren't many Black celebs, in that bunch?? Guess why? And that is why Academic Affirmative Action is necessary. Because our White-racist USA will always lie discrimate and, cheat, in order to compete against Black citizens. You cannot deny that our racist nation is set up to ensure that minorities are the most, insolvent citizens, and that should not allow a university to miss out on those brilliant minorities' brilliance and innovative thinking.
What a freaking joke. The rich celebs that paid for their kids to get into Ivy League schools are not really demonstrative of the average white person. You're conspiracy theory about the poor blacks being so behind on everything because whitey is oppressing them is ridiculous. Check out the IQ of populations throughout Africa and Latin America. They have the whole continents to themselves and still can't manage to create a viable civilization. No one is telling these 'geniuses' to take Gender Studies, White Male Privilege, African history, humanities, or any other worthless field of study.
Plenty! I don't know. You tell me. How long do you think you can go, each day, without using something a Black genius created? http://www.politicalforum.com/index...something-invented-by-a-black-person.554406/p Oh, like the ones in Obama's My Brothers' Keepers program?---With companies like Duluth? I heard those kids are looking brilliant. Or how about Chicago's Urban Prep High School? Is it them who can't do stem? Because every one of their graduates got accepted to a university. Yep. 100%. Or was it the paramount, Conservative Republican ones? Remember them? The ones President Trump recently spoke to at the Black-Conservative Teen Summit?? You know...I reeeeally hope that, at some point, you can Get a grip on reality and the truth. Or else quit blaming the "majority" who could not rise above our racist-hold on society.
Nearly everyone believes all the doors in society should be equally open to everyone and they pretty much are. However it is up to each individual to walk through that door and yes some doors are harder than others. And yes some people are not willing or capable to work to get through thoes doors. There are many that i want through but i can't do it. That's not a bad thing, it's just the way it is. One thing everyone can do is work hard and make their lives better . Racism is judging someone by the color of their skin not the content of their charecter. To define it any other way is to be dishonest.
CRA'64 was essentially drafted by JFK ---flanked by MLK Sr. & RFK--- as it morphed into the greatest, social legislation ever in the USA's racist history. Thanks to Affirmative Action the EEOC and Title 7. That was 56 summers ago. And today it has helped develop a national citizenry which remains, Leader, of the free world therefore I am a-okay with it.